Indeed I find it important to remember on this day that pardons (and commutations?) only apply to criminal law, not civil law.
This might come back to haunt quite a few other people, e.g. Steve Bannon embezzling from that wall non-profit where donors can still proceed with civil cases to get money back (and punitive damages.) Also if there was any flat-out corruption in dispensing government contracts by the Trump admin, competing companies could probably bring down a well-funded legal hammer of civil suits...
This might come back to haunt quite a few other people, e.g. Steve Bannon embezzling from that wall non-profit where donors can still proceed with civil cases to get money back (and punitive damages.) Also if there was any flat-out corruption in dispensing government contracts by the Trump admin, competing companies could probably bring down a well-funded legal hammer of civil suits...